Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, and One Associated Research Critique (Quantitative or Qualitative)
Topic:
Exploring the effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs in decreasing hospital readmission rates, increasing medication compliance and improving long-term outcomes and quality of life in adults with psychiatric conditions.
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Topic:
Exploring the effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs in decreasing hospital readmission rates, increasing medication compliance and improving long-term outcomes and quality of life in adults with psychiatric conditions.
PICO Question;
In adults with mental health conditions (P) that are not compliant with medication therapy and are not showing psychiatric improvement, how does a partial hospitalization program (I) versus standard outpatient care (C) affect compliance, long-term patient outcomes, and hospital readmission rates?
Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, and One Associated Research Critique (Quantitative or Qualitative)
Access to research articles through the library: The library has many journal databases that will be useful in this assignment as well as throughout your graduate program and professional career. Many of these databases have links to full-text journal articles and most have abstracts of journal articles that you can print out that will help you write your papers. Examples of these databases are CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, ERIC, and HaPI. Many of these journal databases are restricted to only FIU faculty and students.
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Once you obtain your FIU One ID card, go to the FIU Library websiteLinks to an external site.. When you access the Library’s home page, click on Off-Campus Access. The link provides instructions on how to access the restricted library databases. Follow the instructions, and if you are not able to connect from off-campus, you may need to activate your library number. The Green Library is the main library at FIU. The best place for assistance is the Reference Desk. The personnel will help you find journals and/or books so you can copy articles and book pages (copiers are available). You can use any of the computers located in the library to do searches. In order to check out materials (such as books), you will need your FIU One ID card.
If you need additional resources to find a full-text nursing research article, please contact either Barbara Sorondo, the Health Sciences Librarian, her telephone number is 305-348-2415 and email is [email protected], or Sarah J. Hammill Distance Learning Librarian at Florida International University [email protected] telephone: 305-919-5604
Two components of this assignment:
1. Discussion of the Differences Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Please provide a discussion/explanation to the 7 following essay questions with references included in your answer and with strict APA format:
1. How does a research problem/question guide the determination to conduct a quantitative versus a qualitative research study?
2. Discuss the value of using a conceptual framework or theory (grand or mid-range) to guide a quantitative research study.
3. Address the debate of the appropriateness of using of a conceptual framework or theory to guide a qualitative research study.
4. What specific types of research designs are used in quantitative research?
5. What specific types of designs are used in qualitative research?
6. What are differences in determining sample size between quantitative and qualitative research studies?
7. Discuss the difference in methods of data analysis for quantitative research versus qualitative research studies.
8. Discuss methods of insuring scientific rigor of quantitative research studies.
9. Discuss the methods for insuring scientific rigor of qualitative research studies.
10. Discuss the difference in generalizability based on quantitative or qualitative research.
2. Research Critique either one Quantitative or one Qualitative Research Study from the research studies related to your group’s Evidence-based Project.
Directions for the research critique:
1. For this assignment, please retrieve and review one (1) published research articles (Either one quantitative or one qualitative study) related to the Evidence-Based Research Clinical Question of Interest. Use one of our Library Databases such as CINAHL or Medline
Use a research article published within the last 7 years. Do not use textbooks, opinion articles, commentaries, case studies, or literature review articles.
The research article must be referenced in strict accordance with the APA format.
· Author(s), Date, Title of Article. Journal, Volume #, Issue #, Page Numbers.
Note: Please follow APA format closely. Remember that the title of articles and books are lower-cased except for the first word or after a colon (:). Also, remember that Journal names are capitalized and italicized and that book titles are also italicized.
Use the specific critique guidelines presented in Polit and Beck (2016) for quantitative or qualitative studies found on pages 102-109.
1. Please provide the headers and the questions identified in Polit and Beck so that it is easy to follow in grading your paper.
2. Answer each critique question, section by section.
3. Provide specific information from the article itself as you discuss and critique these studies so that I can understand the details from the study.
4. Do not just answer “Yes” or “No” to the question but make critical comments about the research components of each study.
5. In each section of the critique, you are to identify the strengths and weaknesses, presenting your own rationale (positive and negative critique comments) about the value of this research.
Notes to Clarify:
You are to critique either one Quantitative or one Qualitative research study based on the research topic as decided upon by your research group for the Evidence-based Assignment Project. Each individual group member will have critiqued one research article that the group will use for the “Appraisal of Evidence” section of the EBP project. Dr. Fenkl will have provided feedback on your individual critiques in this current assignment. You will incorporate Dr. Fenkl’s feedback when the group writes the final version of the Appraisal of Evidence, particularly in the summary of the quality and strengths of the research in the Evidence-Based Group Assignment.
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NGR 5810 Fenkl Research Critique Assignment 1
Component three of the critique assignment. Note: First person (e. g., I, my, our) is not used. Your professor has written in the third person in these instructions. For scholarly work and publications, the author writes in the third person (e. g., this student, this RN, etc.). Your professor did not make this distinction when you wrote of your interests in an earlier assignment but wanted you be aware of this APA requirement for future work. This document is provided in a word document so that you can download and use for your assignment.
Comments from your professor about this component are in red. Use a title page for every assignment in graduate school unless your professor advises you otherwise. The next pages are provided to assist you and to simplify the third component of your critique assignment.
First, title page. Please provide a title of the assignment as follows.
Research critique assignment
Your name here, followed by your credentials for example, followed by course number, followed by date
Student Name (s) BSN, RN
NGR 5810 Section XX
Fall 20XX
Professor Eric A. Fenkl, PhD, RN, CNE
Graduate Faculty
Florida International University Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Please read the pages from Polit and Beck (2021, pp. 102-105) and look up the boxes referred to in the right columns. The assignment and the critique tables are complex. Thus, your professor simplified this assignment for you which follows and was copied in part from your text (Polit & Beck, 2021 pp. 102-105). Only use one of the documents—either a quantitative or qualitative or quantitative checklist. So, your third component will be one critique in which you use the checklist. Summary: While you are expected to complete the checklist with a yes, no, unsure, or NA, comments are also encouraged guided by your text information.
Third component: One critique from a primary source.
Quantitative template (adapted from Polit & Beck, 2021, pp. 102-103) followed by a qualitative template (adapted from Polit & Beck, 2021, pp. 104). *For the third column, there are page numbers in the text that will refer you to additional “Boxes” within the text and page numbers for further explanations of the questions asked. Use these tables along with your text.
Cite the research article here using APA format. Example follows. Note that the citation is double spaced (APA requirement).
Quantitative Critique.
Ulff, E., Maroti, M., Serup, J., Nilsson, M., & Falkmer, U. (2016). Prophylactic treatment with a potent corticosteroid cream ameliorates radiodermatitis, independent of radiation schedule: A randomized double blinded study. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 122(1), 50-53.
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Aspect of the Report |
Critiquing Questions |
*Student answers (yes/no/unsure/not applicable–NA) and comments (not required but needed depending on your choice of the research). |
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Title |
Is the title a good one, succinctly suggesting key variables and the study population? |
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Abstract |
Did the abstract clearly and concisely summarize the main features of the report (problem, methods, results, conclusions)? |
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Introduction Statement of the problem |
Was the problem stated unambiguously, and was it easy to identify? Is the problem significant for nursing? Did the problem statement build a persuasive argument for the new study? Was there a good match between the research problem and the methods used—that is, was a quantitative approach appropriate? |
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Hypotheses or research questions |
Were research questions and/or hypotheses explicitly stated? If not, was their absence justified? Were questions and hypotheses appropriately worded, with clear specification of key variables and the study population? Were the questions/hypotheses consistent with existing knowledge? |
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Literature review |
Was the literature review up-to-date and based mainly on primary sources? Did the review provide a state-of-the-art synthesis of evidence on the problem? Did the literature review provide a strong basis for the new study? |
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Conceptual/ theoretical framework |
Were key concepts adequately defined conceptually? Was a conceptual/theoretical framework articulated—and, if so, was it appropriate? If not, is the absence of a framework justified? Were the questions/hypotheses consistent with the framework? |
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Method Protection of human rights |
Were appropriate procedures used to safeguard the rights of study participants? Was the study externally reviewed by an IRB/ethics review board? Was the study designed to minimize risks and maximize benefits to participants? ? |
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Research design |
Was the most rigorous design used, given the study purpose? Were appropriate comparisons made to enhance interpretability of the findings? Was the number of data collection points appropriate? Did the design minimize biases and threats to the internal, construct, and external validity of the study (e.g., was blinding used, was attrition minimized)? |
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Population and sample |
Was the population identified? Was the sample described in sufficient detail? Was the best possible sampling design used to enhance the sample’s representativeness? Were sampling biases minimized? Was the sample size adequate? Was the sample size based on a power analysis? |
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Data collection and measurement |
Were the operational and conceptual definitions congruent? Were key variables measured using an appropriate method (e. g., interviews, observations, and so on)? Were specific instruments adequately described and were they good choices, given the study population and the variables being studied? Did the report provide evidence that the data collection methods yielded data that were reliable, valid, and responsive? |
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Procedures |
If there was an intervention, was it adequately described, and was it rigorously developed and implemented? Did most participants allocated to the intervention group actually receive it? Was there evidence of intervention fidelity? Were data collected in a manner that minimized bias? Were the staff who collected data appropriately trained? |
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Results Data analysis |
Were analyses undertaken to address each research question or test each hypothesis? Were appropriate statistical methods used, given the level of measurement of the variables, number of groups being compared, and assumptions of the tests? Was a powerful analytic method used? (e.g., did the analysis help to control for confounding variables)? Were Type I and Type II errors avoided or minimized? In intervention studies, was an intention-to-treat analysis performed? Were problems of missing values evaluated and adequately addressed? |
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Findings |
Was information about statistical significance presented? Was information about effect size and precision of estimates (confidence intervals) presented? Were findings reported in a manner that facilitates a meta-analysis, and with sufficient information needed for EBP? |
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Discussion Interpretation of the findings |
Were all major findings interpreted and discussed within the context of prior research and/or the study’s conceptual framework? Were causal inferences, if any, justified? Was the issue of clinical significance discussed? Were interpretations well-founded and consistent with the study’s limitations? Did the report address the issue of the generalizability of the findings? |
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Implications/ recommendations |
Did the researchers discuss the implications of the study for clinical practice or further research—and were those implications reasonable and complete? |
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General Issues Presentation |
Was the report well-written, organized, and sufficiently detailed for critical analysis? In intervention studies, was a CONSORT flowchart provided to show the flow of participants in the study? Was the report written in a manner that makes the findings accessible to practicing nurses? |
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Researcher credibility |
Do the researchers’ clinical, substantive, or methodologic qualifications and experience enhance confidence in the findings and their interpretation? |
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Summary assessment |
Despite any limitations, do the study findings appear to be valid—do you have confidence in the truth value of the results? Does the study contribute any meaningful evidence that can be used in nursing practice or that is useful to the nurs |